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1 The Muvipix.com Guide to CyberLink PowerDirector 15 Ultimate The Muvipix.com Guide to CyberLink PowerDirector 15 Ultimate Section 1: PowerDirector Basics Chapter 1 Get to Know PowerDirector What s what and what it does PowerDirector Rooms 5 Get free effects and templates from the Director Zone 7 The Preview Window 8 Grab a Snapshot/Freeze Frame 8 Con gure your Preview for 3D Editing 9 Playback controls 9 The Timeline 10 Custom name your Timeline tracks 11 Re-order your Timeline tracks 11 Zoom in and out of your timeline 11 Widen or narrow your timeline 11 Basic editing moves 12 Search the Library 17 What s new in CyberLink PowerDirector 15? 17 i

2 Section 2: Easy Editing Modes Chapter 2 Make Simple Movies with the Easy Editor...23 Instant Moviemaking Make an Easy Editor movie 24 Create your own instant movie theme 28 Chapter 3 Create Slideshows with the Slideshow Creator...29 Giving Life to Your Still Photos Make an Easy Editor slideshow 30 Cool Slideshow Styles 33 Chapter 4 Make an Express Project...35 Building your movies from templates Use Express Project Templates 36 Add media to your Express Project 37 Customize your titles 38 Section 3: Full Feature Editing Chapter 5 Start a New Project...41 Smart beginnings Aspect Ratio 42 Start a new project 42 Open into a project in progress? 42 Add media to your project 43 Capture video from a minidv or HDV camcorder 43 Batch Capture your tape-based video 45 Import video from AVCHD camcorders, smartphones and other video recording devices 46 Rip video les from your AVCHD camcorder or device 47 Capture video from a live Webcam, microphone or TV tuner 49 Rip video or audio from a CD, DVD or BluRay disc 49 Record your computer screen 50 Screen Recorder settings 51 Indicating 3D video 52 Import video and audio already on your hard drive 52 Manually set up your project 53 Chapter 6 Edit on the Timeline...55 Turning clips into movies Media Room views 56 Filter your media views 56 Sort your media les 56 Change how your media les are displayed 57 Create media in the Media Room 57 Break a clip into scenes 58 Content Aware Editing 58 Trim a longer clip 59 Add media clips to the Timeline 60 Trim a clip on your timeline 60 Split a clip on your timeline 61 Delete clips from your timeline 62 Select, copy and paste clips 62 Insert one project into another 63 Add a Fade In or Fade Out 64 Remove audio or video from a clip 64 Function buttons 64 The Modify/PiP Designer function 65 The Fix/Enhance function 66 Power Tools 67 The Video Speed Designer 68 The Keyframe function 70 Select and output a Range of your timeline 71 Storyboard View 71 Working with 3D 72 Set your 3D Source Format 72 Preview window settings for your 3D footage 72 Output your 3D video 74 2D to 3D video 75 Create a 360 project 75 Use non-360 imagery 76 Output your 360 video 76 Use 360 video in a standard project 77 The Blending Effects Designer 78 Download new Blending templates 79 ii iii

3 Chapter 7 Edit MultiCam Video...81 Cutting between camera angles Sync and cut between multicam video clips Create a synced video collage with 100 track Multi-Cam Editing 85 Chapter 8 Magic Tools...89 Easy ways to create cool movies and effects Magic Fix 90 Magic Cut 91 Magic Style 92 Magic Music 94 Chapter 9 Video Effects and Animations...97 Color tone and special effects Color Presets 98 Add Video Effects 99 Apply an effect 100 Adjust your video effect 101 The Effects Mask 101 The Tilt/Shift effect 102 Disable or Remove effects 102 Apply Chroma Key 103 Masks and Garbage Mattes 105 Motion Tracking 106 The Action Camera Center 108 Fix your clips 108 Create Time Shift effects 109 Add a Particle effect 111 Apply a Particle effect 112 Modify a Particle 113 Make a non-transparent Particle transparent 113 Non-square objects 116 Shape your video with a Mask 117 Keyframing 119 Keyframe Settings for effects and enhancements 122 The Crop/Zoom panel 123 Chapter 10 Audio Editing Mixing audio and adding audio effects Add audio and music clips to your timeline 128 Mix your audio levels with keyframes 128 Adding keyframes with the Audio Mixer 129 Creating Gain keyframes right on the Timeline 132 Setting audio levels with Keyframe Settings 133 Remove a clip s audio keyframes 134 Record a Voice-Over or narration 134 Detect beats in your music 136 Edit your audio with WaveEditor 138 Open a PowerDirector audio clip in WaveEditor 138 Use WaveEditor as a standalone audio editor 140 Chapter 11 PiPs and Multi-Track Video Effects Working with layers of video Create a Picture-in-Picture effect 142 Create a Picture-in-Picture effect on the timeline 142 Create a Picture-in-Picture effect in the PiP Designer 144 Animate your Picture-In-Picture in the PiP Designer 145 PiP Designer Properties 147 PiP Designer Motion presets 148 Tell stories with multiple video tracks 149 L-cuts and J-cuts 149 Create the Brady Bunch effect 150 Use Grids as guides 151 The PiP Object Room 152 Create and animate graphics with the Paint Designer 153 Chapter 12 Add Text and Titles Working with layers of video The Title Room 156 Add a title from the Title Room 157 The Title Designer 158 Customize your template s text 159 Add more blocks of text to your title 160 Add Motion to your text 160 iv v

4 Add an animated Particle to your title 160 Add a custom image or background to your title 161 Edit elements from your title template 161 Add a Starting or Ending Effect to your title s text 161 Fade text or other elements in or out on your title 162 Text Masking 163 The TV Safe Zone 165 Chapter 13 Add Transitions Effects for getting from one clip to another Fade ins and fade outs 168 Add a Crossfade 169 The Transition Room 170 Apply a transition 171 Customize a transition 171 The Transition Settings panel 172 Add transitions to all of your movie at once 173 Remove a transition 174 Design or customize a transition 174 Chapter 14 Add Subtitles Optional text for your movie Create subtitles in PowerDirector 178 Import subtitles from a text le 180 Set your subtitles behavior 181 Section 4: Output Your Finished Movie Chapter 15 Output a Video File Sharing your movie Produce a video le 186 3D video outputs 187 Web video 188 Editable video for use in another project 188 Disc-ready video 189 Intelligent SVRT 189 Other video output options 190 Output your video for a device 190 Post your video to a Social Media site 191 Chapter 16 Disc Authoring Creating DVDs and BluRay discs Timeline Markers 194 Add Chapters to your video 194 3D disc authoring 195 Create your disc menus 196 Content 197 Select a menu Template 198 Edit your menu s text 200 Add menu background music and add a rst play video 200 Navigate the disc s Menu Structure 202 Preview your menus 202 Create and modify templates in the Menu Designer 202 Design a Root Menu, Titles/Chapter Menu and Subtitle Menu 203 Text, objects and button highlights 203 The menu background and additional objects 204 Save your DVDs and BluRay disc les to your hard drive 206 Final tweaks 206 Save your template design 207 The 2D Disc and 3D Disc option panels 207 Burn a folder or ISO le to a disc 208 Chapter 17 An Appendix More things worth knowing What s the difference between PowerDirector Deluxe, Ultra and Ultimate? 212 What is the DirectorZone? 212 How can I grab a frame or take a snapshot of my video? 213 What are shadow les? 214 Where can I set my project to 5.1 surround sound rather than stereo? 214 What is 3D Depth? 214 vi vii

5 What is Intelligent SVRT? 215 How can I add a time stamp to my videos? 215 What are Favorites? 216 What is the CyberLink Cloud? 216 How do I blur a face like on TV s COPS? 217 Need some Basic Training? 220

PowerDirector Basics. Section 1. The Muvipix.com Guide to CyberLink PowerDirector 12 Ultimate. Chapter 1 Get to Know PowerDirector 12...

PowerDirector Basics. Section 1. The Muvipix.com Guide to CyberLink PowerDirector 12 Ultimate. Chapter 1 Get to Know PowerDirector 12... The Muvipix.com Guide to CyberLink PowerDirector 12 Ultimate Section 1 PowerDirector Basics Chapter 1 Get to Know PowerDirector 12... 3 What s what and what it does Welcome to easy yet powerful moviemaking!